Ash-sifter



P. CORLEY.

ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, [917. 1, 348, 78 3 Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

UNITED STATES PAT NT oFFICE.

PETER CORLEY, 0E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

Application filed June 14,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER ConLnY, a citizen of United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AslrSii ters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ash sitters and has for an object to provide an appliance embodying an ash container or hopper designed for. positioning upon the floor adjacent a kitchen range or the like, and an ash sifting receptacle adapted for location in the cellar beneath the kitchen floor and arranged to receive the contents of the hopper through a chute or conduit whereby to automatically separate the ash and the cinders and deposit them in separate compartments provided for the purpose.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of an ash sitter of the above character in which the parts are so constructed and arranged as that possibility of clogging of the shifting screens is precluded and the appliance at all times in readiness for efi'ective service.

With the above and other objects of sin1ilar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sitting appliance constructed in accordance with the invention Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, there is shown a fragmental section of a floor 5 which is laid upon spaced joists as is usual. Supported upon the floor 5 is a hopper or container 7 having an inclined bottom 8 terminating in a constricted discharge opening 9. Leading downwardly from the opening 9, through the floor 5 and between adjacent joists 6 is a vertical chute or conduit 10 the lower end of which is inclined laterally as shown at 11. The top of the hopper 7 is closed by means of a lid 12 which is removed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

1917. Serial No. 174,737.

when emptying ashes into the hopper. To control the discharge of the ashes from the hopper into the chute, there is provided in the latter adjacent the opening-9 a swinging valve 13 to which is connected a crank 14, an operating rod 15 extending upwardly from the crank through the fioor 5 and terminating in a foot pedal 16. A spring 16 is interposed between the floor and pedal 16 and serves to normally urge the valve 13 to close position.

A sifting receptacle 17 is supported upon the cellar or basement floor beneath the floor 5 and is closed on all sides as shown to prevent the escape of dust as the ashes pass therethrough.

Mounted within the receptacle 17 is a vertical series of screens 18 arranged in staggered relation and at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. These screens 18 are alternately supported from opposite side walls of the receptacle 17 and are secured thereto by means of curved arcuate plates 19, said plates being imperforate so as not to become clogged with the ashes deposited thereon from the screen next above and to furthermore hasten the fall of the ashes by presenting thereto a smooth and unol structed surface.

The receptacle 17 is provided adjacent the I screens, roll downwardly over the latter and are directed through an opening 23 in a side wall of the receptacle 17 into a cinder compartment 2 1 provided to receive them. This compartment 241 is fitted with a door 25 which may be opened to permit the introduction of a shovel for removing the con tents of the compartment.

It will be noted that the laterally inclined portion 11 of the chute 10 enters the re ceptacle 17 through an opening 26 adjacent its upper end and directly above the uppermost screen 18, the latter being parallel with and forming virtually a continuation of said portion 11 of the chute, and will therefore not become clogged with the material discharged from the latter as would be the case if the hopper were disposed vertically above the ash receptacle and its contents discharged directly upon and at an angle to the screen.'

What I claim is An ash sifting device comprising a vertical L-shaped casing, the horizontal leg of which is divided from the vertical leg thereof by a vertical partition, said partition having its upper end disposed in spaced relation to the lower end of one wall of the vertical leg, a series of curved plates secured to opposite walls of the vertical leg in staggered relation and extending in a direction toward the center of said leg downwardly inclined screen plates secured to the inner end portions of the plates, said curved plates being iinpe'rfo'rate, the lowermost of the screen plates having its other end secured to the upper end of the said partition, said vertical leg having an ash inlet opening immediately above the upper end-of the uppermost screen plate In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' PETER CORLEY. Witnesses:

JOSEPH CoRLEY, SAMUEL RADIN. 

